Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 96916

NHS: Negligence

Tabled: 3 December 2025
Answered: 17 December 2025

Question

Joe Robertson

ConservativeIsle of Wight East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the findings of David Lock KC’s review into clinical negligence costs.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
We welcome the report by the National Audit Office (NAO) entitled Costs of clinical negligence. As announced in the 10-Year Health Plan for England, David Lock KC is providing expert policy advice on the rising legal costs of clinical negligence and how w...

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